Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 30, 2017, about the actions of Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. as the panel continues to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the web of contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee was given the chance to view documents given to the committee's chairman, Devin Nunes (R-CA), and released a statement saying they should be reviewed, reports The Hill.

"While I cannot discuss the content of the documents, if the White House had any concern over these materials, they should have been shared with the full committees in the first place as a part of our ordinary oversight responsibilities," Schiff said in a statement.

Leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees were given the chance to view the documents after Nunes was given the chance to look them over earlier in the week.

Nunes came under fire for obtaining the documents and then briefing the president before ever showing them to other Congressmen.

"The White House has yet to explain why senior White House staff apparently shared these materials with but one member of either committee, only for their contents to be briefed back to the White House," Schiff said.

Received WH invite to review docs. I've accepted, here’s my reply. If same docs provided to Chair last wk, WH has a lot of explaining to do. pic.twitter.com/LKyvJALhLo